Registering attachment for bottles.



UNITED STAT S Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,290, dated August25, 1903.

Application filed July 2, 1902. $e1'ial No. 114,114. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MOSES S. SIMON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RegisteringAttachments for Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a device to be attached to the neck of abottle containing a beverage for registering the fact each time any ofthe liquid is poured from the bottle.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying my inventionattached to a bottle in the position it occupies when the stopper isseated in the neck of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in sideelevation and partly in section, of the same in the position it occupieswhen the stopper is raised from the bottle. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken upon line 2' 2, Fig. 1.

I will now describe the invention in con-- of the bottle have beenemptied therefrom,

nection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the parts, the housing A is secured to the neck of thebottle B by means of clips a a, which consist of split rings, havingpivoted upon one of the split ends levers a which have teeth forengaging the ends a of the rings. By throwing the lever a out ofengagement with end a the device may be readily removed from the bottle.A casing O is connected to the housing A by means of a frame 0. Casing Chas at its bottom a horizontal slit 0 for exit of disks D from theeasing. Disks D are held down by means of the coiled spring E, bearingupward against the removable cap (Z of the casing. Disks D may be thrownout of opening 0 by a sliding plunger F, which reciprocates in the wayf, which registers with slit o Plunger F is actuated to eject one of thedisks from casing A by means of the vertical rod a which slides withinhousing A and is kept in its normal position by a coiled spring ((1 Roda is coupled to plunger F by means of a bell-crank lever f, which has afulcrum at f upon the side of easing O. WVhen rod a is lowered, thebell-crank lever is rotated upon its fulcrum, pushing plunger F outwardand forcing the lowermost of the disks D out through opening 0 Mountedupon top of easing O is a bell G, whose hammer g is carried by a leverg, whose end projects down in the path of the lever 9 pivoted upon frame0 and engaged by the upper end of rod at, so that when the rod 0/ islowered to cause plunger F to eject disks D from casing C lever g isactuated thereby to strike lever g and to sound the bell. Housing A hasan upwardlyprojecting arm d which carries a pin which engages lugs b,projecting from stopper 5 of the bottle. Lugs Z) carry an arm 5 which iscoupled by a link 19 to arm a so that when arm a is lowered the stopperis rotated about arm a, carrying it up out of engagement with the neckof the bottle.

The operation of my device is as follows: Whenever it is desired to pourout any of the contents of the bottle 13, lever a must be actuated toraise the stopper out of the end of the neck. This movement causesplunger F to push disks D out of the casing O, and at the same timerings the bell, thus calling attention to the fact that some of thecontents and also registering the number of times,such actions beingdone by. reason of diminution of the number of disks, in casing O.

I have shown my invention in the best form known to me; butit is obviousthat many more mechanical changes might be made therein withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a bottle, of the casingcontaining disks and having an opening in it for the exit of the disks,means for securing the casing to the neck of the bottle, a bell, asliding rod mounted upon the side of the bottle, and means for couplingthe lever to the casing and to the bell, so that the actuation of thelever simultaneously ejects a disk from the casing, and rings the bell.

2. The combination of the housing to be secured to the neck of thebottle, a sliding rod in the housing, a casing for containing diskssecured to the housing, and having an opening in its bottom for the exitof the disks,

a plunger for ejecting the disks from the casing, a lever coupling theplunger'and sliding rod, a bell and means for coupling the rod and thebell whereby when the rod is actuated the plunger ejects a disk fromcasing at the same time that the bell rings.

3. The combination of the sliding rod and a casing for containing disksmounted upon the neck of the bottle, an openingin the easing for theexit of disks therefrom, a bell, a stopper seated in the neck of thebottle,means for coupling the stopper to the sliding rod, means forcoupling the bell to the sliding rod, a plunger for ejecting the disksfrom the casing, a means for coupling the plunger and the sliding rodwhereby, upon the actuation of the sliding rod a disk is ejected fromthe casing, the bell is sounded, and the stopper is raisedsimultaneously,substantial] y as shown and described.

4. The combination of the housing to be secured to the neck of thebottle, a casing secured to the housing for containing the disks andhaving an opening therein for the disthe disks out of the casing, asliding rod mounted in the housing, a bell, a stopper in the neck of thebottle, a sliding rod in the housing, levers for connecting the plungerthe bell and the stopper each with the sliding rod, substantially asshown and described.

5. The combination of a housing and casing secured thereto, split ringssecured to the housing, toothed levers pivoted to the end of each ringto clamp it to the neck of the bottle, a sliding rod in the housing, abell, a plunger for ejecting disks from the casing, and means forcoupling the plunger and the bell each with the sliding rod, so thatactuation thereof simultaneously rings the bell and ejects a disk fromthe casing, substantially as shown and described.

MOSES S. SIMON. Witnesses:

W. F. MURRAY, A. MCCORMACK.

